n. & v.
--n. an adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together.
--v.tr. (glues, glued, gluing or glueing)
1. fasten or join with glue.
2 keep or put very close (an eye glued to the keyhole).
Phrases and idioms:
glue-pot
1. a pot with an outer vessel holding water to heat glue.
2 colloq. an area of sticky mud etc. glue-sniffer a person who inhales the fumes from adhesives as a drug.
Derivatives:
gluelike adj. gluer n. gluey adj. (gluier, gluiest). glueyness n.
Etymology: ME f. OF glu (n.), gluer (v.), f. LL glus glutis f. L gluten